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How Your Trauma Shows Up In Your Business, and What To Do About It with Dawn Taylor

October 09, 2025 • Laura Sinclair

In this powerful, very human episode of This Mother Means Business, Laura sits down with trauma specialist and author Dawn Taylor—aka the “ass-kicker, hope-giver” behind The Taylor Way. They unpack what trauma really is (hint: it’s not only the “big T” moments), how it shows up in entrepreneurship, motherhood, hiring, launches, and everyday reactions (yes, even the McDonald’s drive-thru). You’ll hear Dawn’s extraordinary story, why typical talk therapy isn’t the only path, and practical ways to start healing—without tying your self-worth to your business.

In this episode you will hear:

00:00 – Welcome & why this matters

01:23 – What counts as trauma?

02:05 – Meet Dawn

03:14 – Dawn’s book

03:55 – Dawn’s backstory (content note: abuse, suicidality, medical trauma)

07:23 – The turning point

08:16 – When common modalities don’t fit

09:41 – Building a toolbox

10:58 – Doing this work full-time

12:28 – Big T vs. little t

14:00 – “It’s not nothing”